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Agriculture
Brussels Livestock report
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Cows sell on strong, active trade at sale
Total receipts for Brussels
Livestock for the week ending Jan.
27 were 2,173 cattle and 422 lambs
and goats. On Tuesday fed steers and
heifers sold on a good active trade at
steady prices. Choice steers and
heifers sold $148 to $151 with a high
of $162.50. Second cut sold $144 to
$148. Cows sold on a strong active
trade at steady prices. On Thursday
plain calves sold under pressure.
Veal sold on a good trade in all other
classes. Lambs sold slightly lower.
Goats sold steady. Sheep sold higher.
On Friday calves and yearlings sold
on a good active trade at steady
prices.
Chris Smith of Brussels,
consigned 30 steers that averaged
1,618 lbs. and sold for an average
price of $154.91. One limousin
steer weighed 1,690 lbs. and sold
for $162.50. Ross and Annie
Cormack of Mount Forest,
consigned eight head that averaged
1,434 lbs. and sold for an average
price of $140.65. One limousin steer
weighed 1,475 lbs. and sold for
$158.
Connell Farms of Palmerston,
consigned 26 heifers that averaged
1,586 lbs. and sold for an average
price of $142.49. Two red heifers
averaged 1,485 lbs. and sold for an
average price of $151.50. Dwayne
Dickert of Ayton, consigned four
heifers that averaged 1,417 lbs. and
sold for an average price of $147.75.
One black heifer weighed 1,470 lbs.
and sold for $149.
There were 270 cows on offer.
Export types sold $74 to $86 with
sales to $92; beef, $82 to $89 with
sales to $92; DI and D2, $68 to $74;
D3, $60 to $68; D4, $50 to $60.
Larry Reinhart Jr. of Mildmay,
consigned one limousin cow that
weighed 1,580 lbs. and sold for $92.
There were 12 bulls selling $67 to
$127. Paul Maclntyre of Lucknow,
consigned one black bull that
weighed 1,565 lbs. and sold for
$127.
There were 190 head of veal on
offer. Beef sold $130 to $160 with
sales to $161; good holsteins, $120
to $132 with sales to $135; Si heavy
holsteins, $115 to $120; heavy
holsteins, $110 to $115; plain
holsteins, $90 to $105. Matt Ferraro
of Hanover, consigned 10 head that
averaged 867 lbs. and sold for an
average price of $155.29. One blue
heifer weighed 910 lbs. and sold for
$160. Darryl VanSickle of
Thamesville, consigned three head
that averaged 765 lbs. and sold for
an average price of $145.14. One
blue steer weighed 895 lbs. and sold
for $161. Kevin Grainger of Varna,
consigned seven head that averaged
344 lbs. and sold for an average
price of $136.50. One holstein
heifer weighed 300 lbs. and sold for
$140.
Lambs, 50 - 64 lbs. sold $303 to
$330; 65 - 79 lbs., $269 to $302; 80
- 94 lbs., $224 to $240; 95 - 110 lbs.,
$225 to $230 / lb.
Sheep sold $110 to $200 / lb.
Goats: kids sold $250 to $400;
nannies, $90 to $170; billies, $150 to
$300 / lb.
Top quality stocker steers under
400 lbs. sold $174 to $195; 400 -499
lbs., $191 to $225; 500 - 599 lbs.,
$212 to $226; 600 - 699 lbs.,
$189 to $205; 700 - 799 lbs.,
$174 to $199; 800 - 899 lbs.,
$188 to $195; 900 - 9991bs., $171 to
$180; 1,000 lbs. and over, $167 to
$179.
Top quality stocker heifers, 300 -
399 lbs., sold $171 to $186; 400 -
499 lbs., $170 to $206; 500 - 599
lbs., $173 to $190; 600 - 699 lbs.,
$160 to $176; 700 - 799 lbs., $153 to
$166; 800 - 899 lbs., $169 to $177;
900 lbs. and over, $152 to $167.
Vertex Farms of Mossley, consigned
55 head that averaged 619 lbs. and
sold for an average price of
$186.76. Ten steers weighed
515 lbs. and sold for $224. Amon W.
Martin of Wroxeter, consigned
15 head that averaged 794 lbs.
and sold for an average price of
$174.19. Seven charolais heifers
weighed 811 lbs. and sold for
$176.50.
Morton speaks on barn project at annual meeting
A new dawn
Brian Morton, right, is in the midst of developing an ambitious barn relocation project in
Brussels. The new location will host the Brussels Farmers' Market year-round and provide a
venue for weddings and other events. Morton spoke at the Brussels Agricultural Society's
annual meeting on Friday night. He was assisted with his presentation by Society President
Matt Cardiff, left. (Shawn Loughlin photo)
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen
Brian Morton, the man behind the
ambitious Brussels barn project, and
Barb Terpstra were the guest
speakers at Friday night's annual
meeting of the Brussels Agricultural
Society.
Barb Terpstra, who has long been
involved in the project, spoke about
it at the meeting, held at the
Brussels, Morris and Grey
Community Centre.
It was three years ago when
Morton first approached Terpstra
with his idea to move a barn from
Grey Township to Brussels in an
effort to give back to the
community.
"When I was younger, I was
busy," Terpstra said Morton had said
to her that day. Now that Morton is
older, retired and has had a
successful life, he wants to give
back to the community that had been
so good to him.
It's no secret, Terpstra said, that
Brussels is a community in
transition and a community that
needs help, so that is where Morton
wanted to come in and lend a hand.
Morton says he just wants the
building to pay for itself, but provide
a place for locals to host events,
generate business and congregate in
the community.
Cardiff looks ahead to 2017 Fall Fair
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen
After noticing that Brussels
Agricultural Society
Secretary/Treasurer Brian Schlosser
had refused monetary compensation
for the job, members suggested a
change, despite Schlosser's good-
natured gesture.
As members reviewed the
organization's financial statements
at its annual meeting Friday night,
members noticed that
Secretary/Treasurer Brian Schlosser
had not been taking compensation
for his work, which had traditionally
been $150 per month.
Schlosser told members that he
didn't want the money and that he
refused it.
After several members
unsuccessfully tried to convince
Schlosser to take the money,
member David Blaney suggested
that it would set a dangerous
precedent for whoever took the job
next. He said if Schlosser was
committed to leaving the money
with the society, he should be paid,
but then he could donate the money
back if he so wished, which is what
members decided to do.
***
Dorothy Cummings was voted
into the position of first vice-
president for the society, meaning
that she will take over as its
president in 2018 when current
president, Matt Cardiff's, term ends.
All other positions remained
unchanged, as they had been elected
in last year for a two-year term. Matt
Cardiff is the president, while Mary
Douma is the home craft president,
Edna McLellan is the first vice -
home craft president and Brian
Schlosser remains the
secretary/treasurer.
***
President Matt Cardiff told
members that while a challenging
year lies ahead, there will be help.
He told members that the
members of the Bayfield
Agricultural Society have
volunteered their time for the
Brussels Fall Fair being hosted at the
2017 International Plowing Match,
which he said was much
appreciated.
***
The theme for the 2018 Brussels
Fall Fair will be Tractors and
Tailgates, which should help expand
the scope of the fair says Dorothy
Cummings.
Cummings, who will take over the
president's role in 2018, said that she
hopes to incorporate a car show into
the fair with the help of Brussels'
Don McNeil and the Tractors and
Tailgates theme would certainly aid
in those efforts.
Well over a dozen potential
themes had been put forward, a list
that was eventually trimmed down to
a final three of "Back to our Roots",
"Something to Crow About" and
"Tractors and Tailgates".
***
The society voted in favour of
purchasing special ribbons for all of
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The barn comes from the Herman
Terpstra farm in Grey Township and
it was built in the 1870s. The stone
building that will face onto
Turnberry Street as part of the
structure will use fieldstone from the
barn as well. It will house a bakery,
or another business as the
community sees fit, Terpstra said.
The rest of the building will house
the Brussels Farmers' Market year-
round and hopefully play host to
events, such as weddings, Terpstra
said.
Morton told the group that he
would be double -layering pine barn
board for the structure with heavy
insulation in the centre of the two
barn board layers. He insisted that
the building must "look correct"
from both the inside and the outside,
while at the same time being heavily
insulated to ensure it's not too cold
to inhabit in the winter months.
Originally, Morton said, he had
hoped the building would be open in
time for the 2017 International
Plowing Match in Walton this
September, but he acknowledged
that really isn't likely at this point.
He now hopes the building will be
open for the fall of 2018.
Brussels Agricultural Society
Treasurer and Secretary Brian
Schlosser thanked Morton and
Terpstra for their presentation,
saying that the society eagerly
awaits the opening of the building,
which will be an important event for
the community of Brussels.
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